A/HRC/RES/23/16 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 24 June 2013 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-third session Agenda item 5 Human rights bodies and mechanisms Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council∗ 23/16. Promotion of the right to peace The Human Rights Council, Recalling all previous resolutions on the promotion of the right of peoples to peace adopted by the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, in particular Council resolution 20/15 of 5 July 2012, in which the Council decided to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate of progressively negotiating a draft United Nations declaration on the right to peace, on the basis of the draft submitted by the Advisory Committee, and without prejudging relevant past, present and future views and proposals, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 39/11 of 12 November 1984, entitled “Declaration of the Right of Peoples to Peace”, and the United Nations Millennium Declaration, Determined to foster strict respect for the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, Welcoming the important work being carried out by civil society organizations for the promotion of the right to peace and their contribution to the development of this issue, Taking note of the report of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on its first session,1 held from 18 to 21 February 2013, pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 20/15, and in particular of the inputs from Governments, regional and political groups, civil society and relevant stakeholders, Bearing in mind the progressive development of this issue, 1. Decides that the working group shall hold its second session for five working days in 2014, before the twenty-fifth session of the Human Rights Council; ∗ 1 GE.13-15056 The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of the Council on its twenty-third session (A/HRC/23/2), chap. I. A/HRC/WG.13/1/2.